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Is Antonio Brown already the best wide receiver in Steelers history? That depends on how you define &#8220;best&#8221;, of course. But from at least one statistical standpoint, Brown already stands out as the most dominant. One of my favorite simple methods to measure dominance is to measure receivi2016-08-09 08:35:466/22: FootballPerspective.com- Single-Season Receiving Yards Leaders (Above Junk Levels)http://www.footballperspective.com/single-season-receiving-yards-leaders-above-junk-levels/
On Sunday, I discussed single-game receiving yards baselines. You can check that post to see the methodology (using Justin Blackmon as the example), but basically we just remove a certain number of receiving yards from every player in every game, and that player only gets credit for their yards abov2016-06-22 07:35:456/11: FootballPerspective.com- Charlie Joiner, Receiving Yards, and Gray Inkhttp://www.footballperspective.com/charlie-joiner-receiving-yards-and-gray-ink/
In Brad Oremland&#8217;s latest post on wide receivers &#8212; and you should really be following the whole series &#8212; we got into a bit of a debate on Charlie Joiner in the comments. I&#8217;m not ready to provide my full analysis, but I thought I would start with presenting some data. And the 2016-06-11 13:36:466/10: FootballPerspective.com- Checkdowns: Franchise Leaders in Rookie Receiving Yardshttp://www.footballperspective.com/checkdowns-franchise-leaders-in-rookie-receiving-yards/
I&#8217;ve got no time today, so just a fun checkdown. Here is a look at the franchise record-holders in rookie receiving yards. Please leave your thoughts in the comments.2016-06-10 09:35:4910/29: SilverandBlackNation.com- Cooper on pace for record-setting seasonhttp://silverandblacknation.com/2015/10/29/cooper-on-pace-for-record-setting-season/
By: Brad Weiss/ Site Publisher 1377. That is the highest amount of yards a rookie wide receiver has accumulated in the history of the National Football League.Â Bill Groman of the Houston Oilers had 1473 in his rookie season, but that was back in 1960, when the Oilers still played in the AFL.Â At 2015-10-29 15:40:058/5: FootballPerspective.com- Estimated Sacks Data From 1960 to 1968http://www.footballperspective.com/estimated-sacks-data-from-1960-to-1968/
You remember the November 20th game between the Bears and Lions in 1960, right? If you look at the boxscore on PFR, you will see that Detroit quarterback Jim Ninowski was 10 for 26 for 121 yards with 0 touchdown passes and 2 interceptions. You&#8217;ll also see that the Lions as a team went 10 [&#822015-08-05 00:37:597/28: FootballPerspective.com- Adjusted Catch Yards Over Worst Starterhttp://www.footballperspective.com/adjusted-catch-yards-over-worst-starter/
Adjusted Catch Yards are simply receiving yards with a 5-yard bonus for each reception and a 20-yard bonus for each receiving touchdown. In 2014, Antonio Brown led the NFL with 2,603 Adjusted Catch Yards, the 5th highest total in NFL history. That was the result of a whopping 129 receptions for 1,692015-07-28 00:38:017/26: FootballPerspective.com- Julius Thomas and Expected Touchdownshttp://www.footballperspective.com/julius-thomas-and-expected-touchdowns/
In 2013, NFL players combined for 129,177 receiving yards and 804 receiving touchdowns. That means, on average, a touchdown was scored every 160.7 receiving yards. Denver tight end Julius Thomas gained 788 receiving yards that year, which means we might have &#8220;expected&#8221; him to catch 4.9 t2015-07-26 00:37:497/17: FootballPerspective.com- Most Dominant Fantasy Players Since 1950: Wide Receivershttp://www.footballperspective.com/most-dominant-fantasy-players-since-1950-wide-receivers/
On Wednesday, we looked at the most dominant quarterbacks in fantasy history. Yesterday, we did the same for running backs. Today, we look at wide receivers, using the methodology described over the two previous days. I am using the following scoring system throughout this series: 1 point per 20 yar2015-07-17 00:37:587/16: The GridFe- AFL Offenseshttp://www.thegridfe.com/2015/07/16/afl-offenses/
RegularÂ know that I am in the middle of a series in the history of NFL offenses.1 Over the long course of the league&#8217;s history, only two rivals have ever seriously challenged the NFL &#8211; both enough to force an eventual merger. As I did with the All American Football Conference, I am givi2015-07-16 15:41:436/18: FootballPerspective.com- Single-Season Leaders in Yards From Scrimmage (Percentage of Team Total)http://www.footballperspective.com/single-season-leaders-in-yards-from-scrimmage-percentage-of-team-total/
In 1999, Marshall Faulk set the NFL record for yards from scrimmage in a season with 2,429. That mark still stands as the 2nd best in NFL history, and Faulk was truly dominant that season. But while Faulk may have been the key cog in the St. Louis machine, he wasn&#8217;t the whole machine. St. [&#82015-06-18 00:38:076/14: FootballPerspective.com- Weekend Trivia: Yards per Reception Leadershttp://www.footballperspective.com/weekend-trivia-yards-per-reception-leaders/
Do you know who led the NFL in yards per reception last year?Â Or in any season?Â Unlike certain rate stats, YPR tends to fly under the radar, at least with respect to questions like who led the league in a given season. One reason for that is the leader is often a part-time player.Â [&#8230;]2015-06-14 00:39:246/3: FootballPerspective.com- Career Yards From Scrimmage Over &#8220;Worst Starter&#8221; Baselinehttp://www.footballperspective.com/career-yards-from-scrimmage-over-worst-starter-baseline/
Last week, we looked at the career leaders in rushing yards over worst starter; today, we use the same methodology but with yards from scrimmage. Let&#8217;s use Walter Payton&#8217;s 1977 season as an example. That season, the NFL had 28 teams, and the 28th-ranked player in yards from scrimmage gai2015-06-03 00:35:4611/30: FootballPerspective.com- 50 Carries/50 Passes in Consecutive Gameshttp://www.footballperspective.com/50-carries50-passes-in-consecutive-games/
In week 10, the Browns blew out the Bengals in the Andy Dalton Thursday Night Implosion game. A less-publicized factoid from that night: Cleveland became the first team in 2014 to record 50 rush attempts in a game. It was a true team effort on the ground, with Terrance West rushing 26 times for 94 [2014-11-30 23:36:117/27: FootballPerspective.com- James Lofton is the Yards Per Catch Kinghttp://www.footballperspective.com/james-lofton-is-the-yards-per-catch-king/
Yesterday, we looked at which quarterbacks were the best at yards per completion after adjusting for league average. Today, we&#8217;ll do the same thing for wide receivers and yards per completion. A small tweak is necessary to the formula. You can skip down to the results section if you don&#8217;2014-07-27 00:35:506/29: FootballPerspective.com- Trivia: Pro Bowlers on NFL Championshttp://www.footballperspective.com/trivia-pro-bowlers-on-nfl-champions/
Yesterday, we looked at the team with the most Hall of Famers in a single season in NFL history. That team, which won the NFL championship, had 8 of its players make the Pro Bowl. That&#8217;s a very high number, of course, but over 30 teams have won it all and had eight or more [&#8230;]2014-06-29 00:35:516/22: FootballPerspective.com- Trivia: Single-Season Leaders in Net Rushing Yardshttp://www.footballperspective.com/trivia-single-season-leaders-in-net-rushing-yards/
At the end of my Seahawks-Saints playoff preview, I came up with (what I thought was) a pretty neat bit of trivia: New Orleans gained 4918 passing yards and allowed only 3105 passing yards. That 1813 yard difference is largest by any NFL team in history. The 1961 Oilers, led by George Blanda, Bill G2014-06-22 00:35:583/16: FootballPerspective.com- Homer Jones Is the Leader in Average Length of Receiving Touchdownhttp://www.footballperspective.com/homer-jones-is-the-leader-in-average-length-of-receiving-touchdown/
In November, I noted that Chris Johnson was the career leader in average length of rushing touchdown. Since then, he&#8217;s actually dropped to number two, as his six rushing touchdowns covered &#8220;only&#8221; 84 yards in November and December. But what about the career leader in average length 2014-03-16 00:35:481/26: FootballPerspective.com- Super Bowl XLVIII: The Greatest Passing Showdown Everhttp://www.footballperspective.com/super-bowl-xlviii-the-greatest-passing-showdown-ever/
Regular readers know I&#8217;m not prone to exaggeration. I&#8217;m more of a splits happen kind of guy. But Super Bowl XLVIII will, in my opinion, be the greatest passing showdown ever. This year&#8217;s Super Bowl checks in as the greatest offensive/defensive showdown in Super Bowl history (and th2014-01-26 23:36:091/13: FootballPerspective.com- Marvin Harrison Should Be A First-Ballot Hall of Famerhttp://www.footballperspective.com/marvin-harrison-should-be-a-first-ballot-hall-of-famer/
In a couple of weeks, the newest class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame will be announced. Only five modern-era wide receivers have been selected enshrinement on their first ballot: Jerry Rice, Paul Warfield, Steve Largent, Raymond Berry, and Lance Alworth. This year, in his first year of eligibilit2014-01-13 23:36:161/9: FootballPerspective.com- Division Preview: New Orleans at Seattlehttp://www.footballperspective.com/division-preview-new-orleans-at-seattle/
On the surface, this does not appear to be a very even matchup. In home games in 2013, Seattle outscored opponents by 15.4 points per game, an average that includes the loss to Arizona. In road games during the regular season, the Saints were outscored by 4.6 points per game. Both of those averages,2014-01-09 23:36:3412/1: FootballPerspective.com- Josh Gordon sets two-game receiving recordhttp://www.footballperspective.com/josh-gordon-sets-two-game-receiving-record/
Cleveland&#8217;s Josh Gordon caught 14 passes for 237 yards and a touchdown against the Steelers last week. Against the Jaguars this afternoon, Gordon caught 10 passes for 261 yards and two scores. In the process, he became the first player to ever record back-to-back 200+ yard receiving games, and2013-12-01 17:36:1911/10: FootballPerspective.com- Tavon Austin&#8217;s Record Setting Dayhttp://www.footballperspective.com/tavon-austins-record-setting-day/
The Tavon Austin breakout game is here. First, the #8 pick in the 2013 draft returned a punt off a bounce 98 yards for a second quarter touchdown. A few minutes later, Kellen Clemens hit him for a 57-yard touchdown pass. With St. Louis up 28-0 in the third quarter, Austin caught an 81-yard touchdown2013-11-10 15:36:1510/29: FootballPerspective.com- Was Calvin Johnson&#8217;s 329-yard Game The Best Ever By a WR?http://www.footballperspective.com/was-calvin-johnsons-329-yard-game-the-best-ever-by-a-wr/
On Sunday, Calvin Johnson picked up 329 receiving yards against the Cowboys, the second most receiving yards in a single game after Flipper Anderson&#8217;s 336 yards in 1989 against the Saints. But when I think of the greatest games by a receiver of all time, my mind instantly goes to a performance2013-10-29 00:36:149/24: FootballPerspective.com- Receiving WOWY Extended Back to 1950http://www.footballperspective.com/receiving-wowy-extended-back-to-1950/
Last week, we announced that our True Receiving Yards metric has now been calculated back to 1950, so it&#8217;s only **** that we also compute WOWY (With Or Without You) for all of those receivers as well. Skip the paragraph after this if you don&#8217;t care about the gory mathematical details,2013-09-24 01:36:059/19: FootballPerspective.com- True Receiving Yards (v2.0) Extended Back to 1950http://www.footballperspective.com/true-receiving-yards-v2-0-extended-back-to-1950/
About a month ago, Chase &#038; I developed a stat called True Receiving Yards, which seeks to put all modern &#038; historical receiving seasons on equal footing by adjusting for the league&#8217;s passing YPG environment &#038; schedule length, plus the amount the player&#8217;s team passed (it&#82013-09-19 00:36:298/11: FootballPerspective.com- Single-season Leaders in Receiving Yards per Team Pass Attempthttp://www.footballperspective.com/single-season-leaders-in-receiving-yards-per-team-pass-attempt/
When I wrote my ode to Steve Smith earlier this week, I discovered an incredible stat. In 2008, Smith played in 14 games and gained 1,421 receiving yards. But the more incredible part is that the Panthers passed only 352 times in 2008, meaning Smith averaged an absurd 4.04 yards per team pass attemp2013-08-11 00:35:546/5: FootballPerspective.com- Analyzing Outlier Seasons for Receivershttp://www.footballperspective.com/analyzing-outlier-seasons-for-receivers/
After hearing that the other Steve Smith was retiring, Kyle on twitter asked me where Smith&#8217;s 2009 season ranked in the pantheon of anomalous wide receiver seasons. In case you forgot, take a look at Smith&#8217;s yearly production: Year Age Tm G GS Rec Yds Y/R TD 2007 22 NYG 5 0 8 63 7.9 [...2013-06-05 00:36:082/18: FootballPerspective.com- The Greatest Wide Receivers Ever Version 2.0: Part II â€“ Single season leadershttp://www.footballperspective.com/the-greatest-wide-receivers-ever-version-2-0-part-ii-single-season-leaders/
Yesterday, I explained my methodology for ranking every wide receiver in football history. Today I&#8217;m going to present a list of single-season leaders, which presents some problems. I think the method I described yesterday does a good job adjusting for era, as receivers are only given credit fo2013-02-18 23:35:5112/31: FootballPerspective.com- Examining the seasons of Calvin Johnson and Brandon Marshall in a different lighthttp://www.footballperspective.com/examining-the-seasons-of-calvin-johnson-and-brandon-marshall-in-a-different-light/
Three weeks ago, I set forth the argument that perhaps Calvin Johnson was not even the most productive receiver in his own division. While Megatron racked up the numbers, I argued that you have to account for the situation. The relevant situation here is that the Lions ran an incredible 1,160 plays 2012-12-31 23:35:458/5: FootballPerspective.com- Trivia of the Day &#8211; Sunday, August 5thhttp://www.footballperspective.com/trivia-of-the-day-sunday-august-5th/
There have been 105 teams to have at least two players gain 1,000 receiving yards in a season. It first happened in 1960 in the AFL, where wide receivers benefited by playing against lower quality of defensive backs and also a fourteen-game schedule (the NFL schedule switched from a 12 to 14 games t2012-08-05 01:54:45